Mr Berlusconi, however, said that he would exercise his right to silence if summoned again.
The restrictions on a defendant's right to silence and the admission of evidence even from illegal police searches would seem outrageous.
At the time, in another commentary, I defended Gilchrist's right to speak and scolded those who tried to silence him. ( Read commentary) Now that I'm under attack, where did all the civil libertarians go?
Within his own party, he has cleverly used his struggle with John McCain to silence the right-wingers who have often seen the Bushes as unsound Rockefeller Republicans.
Instead of acknowledging that radical Islam is the problem, we elected a president who blames America, whose idea of freedom is the right for women to suffer in silence behind a veil and who counts among his mentors and friends those who damn our country or believe that our own government staged the tragedy of September 11, 2001.
Instead of acknowledging that radical Islam is the problem, we elected a president who blames America, whose idea of freedom is the right for women to suffer in silence behind a veil -- and who counts among his mentors and friends those who damn our country or believe that our own government staged the tragedy of September 11, 2001.
With deceptive silence, the constitutional right to trial is being steadily worn down.
As an American Muslim, I can tell you from firsthand experience that silence is not the right response to extremist voices.
Near-silence at national level allows Fidesz "to avoid confronting right-wing voters sympathetic to Jobbik who they hope to keep in their camp, " says Kristof Szombati of the LMP, a green party.
Russia is right to mistrust the West's declared intentions when its condemnations are followed by hypocritical silence on other energy-strategic, yet equally authoritarian, countries.
When the prosecutors sought to question him in November 2002, as a witness, he availed himself of the right of silence.
During the celebration, participants will observe a minute of silence in tribute to the great number of journalists who have paid with their lives for our right to know.
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